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Originally Posted by twowheels
The cover creator output is far too simplistic for my liking as there's no visual cue
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Are you confusing the Cover Generator in the Metadata Editor and the Cover Creator Plug-in, which lets you add an image, change fonts, sizes, padding, order, etc?
Then there is The GIMP for people not wanting to subscribe to Adobe for Photoshop. Each element on a different layer and you can create a commercial quality cover. Export flattened copy as PNG or JPG.
Inkscape for vector based artworks.
As you say, personal preference, and it's easy to change on ebooks vs paper library.
I think all my Terry Pratchet is on paper, about two and a half book shelves. Most bought in the 1990s rather than original releases.
Mostly I pick the original publication versions of covers for ebooks and cobble something if there is nothing.
But I've also made covers for decades for original works. Easier now. I remember a ray traced 3D castle dining hall took over a day (30+ hours?) and was poor, so I went and took a photo inside a castle (35mm film and then lab Photo CD). Loads of castles here.